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Monday, June 3, 2013

Three world events are colliding soon: Ramadan, economic harbingers, and Dire Straits. Ramadan begins Monday July 8, and ends Wednesday August 7th. This is a dark time of intense spiritual warfare. Let's examine the other two potential disasters awaiting us. Michael Snyder of www.economiccollapseblog.com just published eighteen reasons why the world economic engine could collapse soon. He doesn't realize that this forty day warning matches the Jewish three week time frame called 'Dire Straits,' this year. July Fourth also falls in this time frame. This year the fireworks could be in your savings account, not in the skies. Here is number sixteen of Michael's eighteen economic warnings:#16 Wall Street is buzzing about the fact that
"the Hindenburg Omen" appeared at the end of last week.So exactly what is "the Hindenburg
Omen"?The following are the
criteria that are used to determine whether it has appeared or not...

1. The daily
number of NYSE new 52 Week Highs and the daily number of new 52 Week Lows must
both be greater than 2.2 percent of total NYSE issues traded that day.

2. The smaller of these numbers is greater than or
equal to 69 (68.772 is 2.2% of 3126). This is not a rule but more like a
checksum. This condition is a function of the 2.2% of the total issues.

3. That the
NYSE 10 Week moving average is rising.

4. That the
McClellan Oscillator (a market breadth indicator used to evaluate the rate of
money entering or leaving the market and interpretively indicate overbought or
oversold conditions of the market)is negative on that same day.

5. That new
52 Week Highs cannot be more than twice the new 52 Week Lows (however it is
fine for new 52 Week Lows to be more than double new 52 Week Highs).

We live in what many would describe as desperate
times or a time of extreme distress. The term, "dire straits" has
been used to describe just such a time of trouble. If one is in dire straits,
they are going through some tough times, maybe financial or emotional stress or
pressures mounting on all sides. There is a specific time period each year that
serves as a reminder of troublous times past.

For those unfamiliar with the period called the
"dire straits", it is a 3 week time period between the 17th of Tammuz
and the 9th of Av on the biblical calendar. This year, ...[2013, it falls between
June 24-25 and July 15-16].... The first day and the last day are two of the fast
days as mentioned in Zechariah 8:19. This is a time period set aside to repent
and ask for forgiveness for the sins of our forefathers as Daniel did in Daniel
9:3-19.

These three weeks have always been troublous times
for the nation of Israel. The 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av are linked
together historically as days on which Israel has been punished for sin. The
Lebanon war that broke out a few years ago started on the 17th of Tammuz. In
Zech 8:19 it is prophesied that some year that day will turn to a day of
rejoicing.

Tzom
Tammuz - The Seventeenth of Tammuz

Five great catastrophes occurred in biblical history
on the 17th of Tammuz:

1. Moses broke the tablets at Mount Sinai -- in
response to the sin of the Golden Calf. (Exo 32:19)

2. The daily offerings in the First Temple were
suspended during the siege of Jerusalem, after the Kohanim could no longer
obtain animals.

3. Jerusalem's walls were breached, prior to the
destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD.

4. Prior to the Great Revolt, the Roman general
Apostamos burned a Torah scroll – setting a precedent for the horrifying
burning of Jewish books throughout the centuries.

5. An idolatrous image was placed in the Sanctuary
of the Holy Temple – a brazen act of blasphemy and desecration.

Notice that two of these events have a second
fulfillment yet to come -

The daily sacrifices will be stopped and an
idolatrous image will be set up (Dan 11:31; Eze 8:3-5; Rev 13:14-15).

As we come to understand God's holy calendar we see
how events that are hidden when viewed on the Roman calendar tend to occur on
the same dates when viewed on the biblical calendar. It is very likely that the
coming fulfillment of these events will occur on this same date.Tisha B'Av
– The Ninth of Av

The
Israelites were in the desert, recently having experienced the miraculous
Exodus, and were poised to enter the Promised Land. But first they sent out a
reconnaissance mission, to assist in formulating a prudent battle strategy. The
spies returned on the eighth day of Av and reported that the land was
unconquerable. That night, the 9th of Av, the people cried. They insisted that
they’d rather go back to Egypt than be slaughtered by the Canaanites. Godis highly displeased by this public
demonstration of distrust in His power, and consequently, with only two
exceptions, that generation of Israelites never entered the Holy Land. Only
their children had that privilege, after wandering in the desert for 40 years.

Many
calamities have occurred on this date in history –

1.The spies returned from their scouting
mission into the Promised Land and 10 of the 12 gave an evil report filled with
fear. Standing in doubt, they were slanderous of God's Word and promise because
He said He would go before them, fight their battles and deliver them into the
land. Only Joshua and Caleb gave a report filled with faith. The Israelites
were sentenced on Tisha B'Av to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until
that generation had died out. Only Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim and Caleb,
of the tribe of Judah were permitted to enter the Promised Land. (Num. 13-14)

2.The 1st Temple, Solomon's Temple, was
destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. 100,000 Jews were slaughtered and
millions more exiled. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin were carried captive to
Babylon. The actual fire was set on the 9th of Av. (2King 25:8-9; Jer.
52:12-13)

3.The 2nd Temple, Herod's Temple, was
destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD on the 9th of Av led by Titus. Some two million
Jews died, and another one million were exiled. The Roman army laid siege to
Jerusalem and on the 17th of Tammuz the Daily Sacrifice was again stopped.
Roman centurions on the 9th of Av burned the Second Temple. The extreme heat of
the fire caused gold of the Temple to melt and run into the cracks and crevices
between the stones. When the fire cooled the Roman soldiers used wedges and
crowbars to overturn every stone in their search for the gold.Luke 19:44 fulfilled. One year later on the
9th of Av the Romans plowed the Temple Mount and the city of Jerusalem to
prepare the area to be turned into a Roman colony. Micah 3: 12 fulfilled.

4.The Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by Roman
Emperor Hadrian. The city of Betar -- the Jews' last stand against the Romans
was captured and liquidated. Over 100,000 Jews were slaughtered. (135 AD) The
Temple area and its surroundings were plowed under. Jerusalem was rebuilt as a
pagan city -- renamed Aelia Capitolina -- and access was forbidden to Jews.

5.In 1290
King Edward I (Longshanks) ordered the expulsion of all Jews from England on
the 9th of Av. (And they did not settle there again until Oliver Cromwell gave
them that right in 1657.)

6.During the Spanish Inquisition, Ferdinand
and Isabella issued the Alhambra Decree, on March 31, 1492, ordering all Jews
to leave Spain by the end of July 1492. July 31, 1492 was Tisha B'Av. It was
during this time that Christopher Columbus, who may himself have been of Jewish
descent, left to 'discover' America. [Note that if you use a Jewish calendar
converter to check this, it may show July 31 as the 27th of Tammuz. If so, the
converter has failed to take into account the Gregorian Reformation, which
skipped 11 days on the calendar. If you add the 11 missing days and convert
August 11 instead of July 31, you will see that "August 11" 1492 is
the 9th of Av.]

7.World
War One broke out on the eve of Tisha B'Av in 1914 when Germany declared war on
Russia. German resentment from the war set the stage for the Holocaust.

8.On the
eve of Tisha B'Av 1942, the mass deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw
Ghetto, en route to Treblinka.